Siege of Madrid

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battle of the Spanish Civil War siege

The Siege of Madrid was a prolonged and pivotal early campaign of the Spanish Civil War in which Republican forces successfully resisted Nationalist attempts to capture Spain’s capital.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Battle of Madrid	1
Defense of Madrid	1
International Brigades in Madrid	1
Madrid front	1
Nationalist advance on Madrid (July–October 1936)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle of the Spanish Civil War ⓘ siege ⓘ
aftermath	extensive destruction of parts of the city ⓘ heavy civilian casualties in Madrid ⓘ prolonged stalemate around Madrid front ⓘ
attacker	Nationalist forces ⓘ
conflict	Spanish Civil War ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
defender	Republican forces ⓘ
defensiveLine	Casa de Campo ⓘ Manzanares River ⓘ surface form: Manzanares River line
endTime	1939-03 ⓘ
front	Central front of the Spanish Civil War ⓘ
hasCasualties	large number of civilian casualties ⓘ military casualties on both sides ⓘ
hasParticipant	Condor Legion ⓘ surface form: German Condor Legion International Brigades ⓘ Corpo Truppe Volontarie ⓘ surface form: Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie Nationalist faction (Spain) ⓘ Second Spanish Republic ⓘ surface form: Spanish Republic
location	Madrid ⓘ
notableCommander	Francisco Franco ⓘ José Miaja ⓘ Vicente Rojo Lluch ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of the University City ⓘ Nationalist offensive of November 1936 ⓘ bombing of Madrid ⓘ
opponent	Nationalist forces ⓘ Republican forces ⓘ
partOf	Spanish Civil War ⓘ
result	Republican defensive victory (city not captured during main siege phase) ⓘ eventual Nationalist capture of Madrid in March 1939 ⓘ
significance	pivotal early campaign of the Spanish Civil War ⓘ prevented quick Nationalist victory in the war ⓘ symbol of Republican resistance ⓘ
slogan	¡No pasarán! ⓘ
startTime	1936-11 ⓘ
strategicObjective	capture of the Spanish capital by Nationalist forces ⓘ defense and retention of Madrid by Republican forces ⓘ
supportedBy	Fascist Italy ⓘ surface form: Fascist Italy (for Nationalist side) Nazi Germany ⓘ surface form: Nazi Germany (for Nationalist side) Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Soviet Union (for Republican side)
tacticUsed	aerial bombardment ⓘ artillery bombardment ⓘ urban warfare ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ interwar period ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nationalist offensive of November 1936 → defendedBy → Siege of Madrid ⓘ

this entity surface form: International Brigades in Madrid

Condor Legion → engagedIn → Siege of Madrid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Madrid

Nationalist offensive of November 1936 → front → Siege of Madrid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madrid front

Central front of the Spanish Civil War → notableBattle → Siege of Madrid ⓘ

Spanish Civil War → notableBattle → Siege of Madrid ⓘ

Nationalist faction (Spain) → notableEvent → Siege of Madrid ⓘ

Battle of the University City → partOf → Siege of Madrid ⓘ

Enrique Líster → participatedIn → Siege of Madrid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Defense of Madrid

slogan ¡No pasarán! → popularizedDuring → Siege of Madrid ⓘ

subject surface form: ¡No pasarán!

Battle of Brunete → precededBy → Siege of Madrid ⓘ

Battle of Jarama → precededBy → Siege of Madrid ⓘ

Nationalist offensive of November 1936 → precededBy → Siege of Madrid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nationalist advance on Madrid (July–October 1936)

Casa de Campo → significantEvent → Siege of Madrid ⓘ